© www.boxinghistory.org.uk - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by www.boxinghistory.org.uk Click on the image above to visit our site Johnny Basham (Newport) Active: 1907-1929 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 101 contests (won: 76 lost: 17 drew: 8) Fight Record 1907 Jan 5 W Murphy (Newport) LRSF2 Newport Barracks, Monmouth Source: Sporting Life (7st competition semi-final) Referee: Harry Wheeler(Cardiff) 1908 Young Murphy LKO2 Newport Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick Mar 6 Hunter (Newport) WRTD2(6) RFA Barracks, Newport Source: Sporting Life Apr 9 Lamprey WKO2(6) Barracks, Newport Source: Patrick White (Boxing Historian) 1909 Jun 10 T Scrivens WKO1(6) Tredegar Hall, Newport Source: Patrick White (Boxing Historian) Jul 9 E Thomas W(6) Tredegar Hall, Newport Source: Patrick White (Boxing Historian) Oct 18 Boxer Ryan WKO3 Campbell-Bannerman Hall, Newport Source: Patrick White (Boxing Historian) 1910 Jan 1 Fred Dyer (Cardiff) LRTD4(10) Drill Hall, Newport Source: Boxing 08/01/1910 page 459 Dyer boxed for the World Middleweight Title 1915. Referee: GT Dunning combined purse £20 £25 a side Jan 31 Badger Brien (Cardiff) LKO3 Badminton Club, Cardiff Source: Patrick White (Boxing Historian) Feb 12 Never Jones (Newport) WRSF10(15) Campbell-Bannerman Hall, Newport Source: Patrick White (Boxing Historian) (Monmouthshire Featherweight Title) Referee: Lew Morgan Promoter: Llew Morgan & Charlie Thomas combined purse £10 £5 a side Mar 2 Billy McKeiver (Chepstow) WKO3(8) Church Boys House, Chepstow Source: Boxing 12/03/1910 pages 22 and 23 Apr 19 Harry Lawrence (Bermondsey) LKO1(10) Chepstow Source: Boxing 30/04/1910 pages 198 and 199 Jun 25 Phenis Emmanuel (Cardiff) DRAW(6) Lyceum, Newport Source: Boxing 02/07/1910 page 430 Sep Jim Ashen (Gloucester) WKO1(6) Subscription Rooms, Stroud Source: Boxing 08/10/1910 page 783 Sep 29 Jimmy Ashen WKO1 Gloucester Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick 1911 Feb 6 Ted Walters (Pontypool) DRAW(6) Public Hall, Pontnewynydd Source: Boxing 18/02/1911 page 411 Referee: Jim Driscoll Jul 29 Pte. Taylor (Manchester Regt) WKO4 Conway Marsh Source: Boxing 05/08/1911 page 347 Aug Charlie Milestone (Chester) WPTS Gymnasium, Wrexham Source: Boxing 02/09/1911 page 439 Aug 7 Fred Hayes (Cardiff) WRSF8 Athletic Gounds, Newport Source: Patrick White (Boxing Historian) Referee: Llew Morgan Aug 10 Charlie Price (Newport) WRSF4(10) Tom Taylor's Pavilion, Newport Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick Sep 23 Frank Baker (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 30/09/1911 page 540 Oct 14 Charlie Price (Newport) WRSF3 Newport Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick Oct 18 Charlie Milestone (Chester) WKO13(15) Wrexham Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick Nov 20 Gus Platts (Sheffield) LPTS(15) Badminton Club, Cardiff Source: Boxing 02/12/1911 pages 118 and 119 Platts was British and European Middleweight Champion 1921. Nov 22 Nat Williams (Liverpool) DRAW(6) Wrexham Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick Dec 29 Tommy Mitchell (Chesterfield) WRTD11(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 06/01/1912 page 250 1912 Frank Baker (Liverpool) WPTS(15) Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick Charlie Milestone (Chester) WPTS(15) Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick Jack Langdon (USA) WDSQ2 Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick Nat Williams (Liverpool) DRAW(12) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick Charlie Milestone (Chester) WPTS(15) Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick Feb 29 Harry Berry (Dublin) WKO3(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 09/03/1912 page 477 Aug 1 Mick Gordon (St Helens) WPTS(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Aug 22 Dick Knock (Stratford) WPTS(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 31/08/1912 page 434 Sep 12 Jack Daniels (St George's) WPTS(10) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 21/09/1912 pages 505 and 506 Sep 18 Harry Jones (Cardiff) WPTS(15) Drill Hall, Wrexham Source: Boxing 28/09/1912 pages 532 and 533 Sep 26 Jack Langdon (USA) WDSQ2(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 05/10/1912 page 555 Referee: Mr Murray Oct 2 Fred Handley (Clerkenwell) WPTS(10) American Skating Rink, Chester Source: Boxing 12/10/1912 pages 578 and 580 Oct 16 Dick Knock (Stratford) WPTS(15) Drill Hall, Wrexham Source: Boxing 26/10/1912 page 626 Oct 26 Jack Daniels (St George's) WPTS(15) Drill Hall, Newport Source: Boxing 02/11/1912 page 22 Nov 7 Fernand Quendreux (France) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 16/11/1912 page 76 Nov 12 Pte. Lowe WKO3 Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick Dec 5 George Colbourne (Islington) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 14/12/1912 pages 200 and 201 Referee: J W Butler Dec 14 Badger Brien (Cardiff) WPTS(15) American Skating Rink, Cardiff Source: Boxing 21/12/1912 page 230 Referee: J T Hulls combined purse £50 £50 a side Dec 26 Matt Wells (Lambeth) LKO7 Theatre, Swansea Source: Boxing 04/01/1913 page 279 Wells was British and European Lightweight Champion 1911-12 and British Welterweight Champion 1914 and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1914-19 and Claimed World Welterweight Title 1914-15. Referee: Mr Murphy 1913 Jan 16 Jack Langdon (USA) WRTD2(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 25/01/1913 pages 349 and 350 Referee: J Frank Bradley Feb 20 Joe Hirst (USA) LPTS(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 01/03/1913 page 476 Basham 10st 6lbs Hirst 9st 12lbs Basham overweight and paid forfeit Mar 20 Young Nipper (Bermondsey) LKO5(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 29/03/1913 pages 580 and 581 Mar 24 Badger Brien (Cardiff) WPTS(15) Swansea Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick May 22 Tom Tees (Walworth) DRAW(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 31/05/1913 page 116 Match made at 10st 6lbs Referee: J Frank Bradley Jun Harry Jones (Cardiff) WRTD13(15) Westgate Rink, Cardiff Source: Boxing 28/06/1913 page 220 Jun 19 Frank Madole (USA) LRTD2(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 28/06/1913 page 219 Jul 3 Frank Madole (USA) WRSF3(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 12/07/1913 page 268 Jul 17 Frank Madole (USA) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 26/07/1913 page 313 Jul 31 Tom McCormick (Dundalk) DRAW(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 09/08/1913 pages 361 and 362 McCormick was British and British Empire and World Welterweight Champion 1914. Match made at 10st 7lbs Aug 4 Will Brooks (Aberavon) WKO4(15) Cardiff Source: Boxing 09/08/1913 page 357 Aug 21 Harry Price (South Africa) WKO11(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 30/08/1913 page 434 Price died after contest Oct 16 Eddie Beattie (Castlecary) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 25/10/1913 page 634 Beattie boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1916. Oct 29 Cpl. Spalding (1st Royal Welch Fusileers) WKO8 Barracks Gym, Wrexham Source: Johnny Basham biography by Alan Roderick Nov 20 Badoud (Switzerland) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 29/11/1913 page 115 Dec 11 Young Ahearn (Preston) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 20/12/1913 page 204 1914 Jan 1 Badoud (Switzerland) WPTS(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 10/01/1914 pages 274 and 276 Feb 11 Bomb. Rees (RFA) WKO6(10) Barracks, Wrexham Source: Manchester Sporting Chronicle Feb 19 Young Nipper (Bermondsey) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 28/02/1914 page 441 Mar 12 Dick Nelson (Denmark) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 21/03/1914 pages 547 and 548 Apr 2 Henri Demlen (Belgium) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 11/04/1914 page 625 Apr 27 Sid Stagg (Deptford) WPTS(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 02/05/1914 pages 13 and 14 Jun 11 Gus Platts (Sheffield) WPTS(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 20/06/1914 page 194 Dec 14 Johnny Summers (Canning Town) WKO9(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 19/12/1914 pages 118 and 119 (British Welterweight Title) Summers was British Featherweight Champion claimant 1906 and British Lightweight Champion 1908-09 and British and British Empire Welterweight Champion 1912-14. 1915 Feb 4 Johnny Summers (Canning Town) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 13/02/1915 page 250 Mar 22 Matt Wells (Lambeth) WPTS(20) Opera House, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 24/03/1915 pages 343 and 344 (British Welterweight Title) Referee: Eugene Corri May 10 Tom McCormick (Dundalk) WRTD13(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 12/05/1915 page 7 (British Welterweight Title) Aug 12 Dai Roberts (Caerau) WKO7(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 18/08/1915 pages 235 and 236 Oct 21 Albert Badoud (Switzerland) LKO9(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 27/10/1915 page 6 (European Welterweight Title) 1916 Mar 9 Kid Doyle (Boldon Colliery) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 15/03/1916 page 291 May 1 Eddie Beattie (Castlecary) WRSF19(20) National Sporting Club, Covent Garden Source: Boxing 03/05/1916 pages 22 and 23 (British Welterweight Title) Referee: Mr Douglas Oct 7 Will Brooks (Aberavon) WRTD9 Tredegar Hall, Newport Source: Boxing 11/10/1916 page 340 Dec 26 Gus Platts (Sheffield) DRAW(20) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing 27/12/1916 pages 126 and 127 1917 Apr 5 Will Brooks (Aberavon) WPTS(15) Pudsey Street Stadium, Liverpool Source: Boxing May 28 Sid Burns (Aldgate) WRTD9(20) Stadium, Holborn Source: Boxing Burns boxed for the British Welterweight Title 1912.